A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Masons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Mason at two addresses in 1940, all on West 14th Avenue, with the close spellings Masson and Maison. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Masons at 4177 West 14th in 1940. The directories print the name on 69 other streets too, all listed on the Mason name's own page.
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Where the Masons lived
- 1
344 West 14th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- A R Masson, a turner at Lewis Piano House 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M A Lawrence at 334 and M Lipson at 354. The block, door by door
- 2
4177 West 14th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- J E Mason, a farmer 1940
- James H Mason, a student 1940
- Mary Mason, a hairdresser for Maison Henri 1940
Next door in 1940: H Stobbs at 4183. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a farmer, a hairdresser and a turner.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey. Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.
The story, address by address
In 1940 the directory lists A R Masson at 344 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Alex R Masson there as the householder, a turner at Lewis Piano House. In 1940 the directory lists J E Mason at 4177 West 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section lists James E Mason there as the householder, a farmer, with James H Mason, a student, and Mary Mason, a hairdresser for Maison Henri.
Today
4177 West 14th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1915 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 344 West 14th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Masson A R344 West 14th, p. 215
- Masson Alex R turner Lewis Piano Hse344 West 14th, p. 419
- *Mason J E4177 West 14th, p. 217
- Mason Jas E farmer4177 West 14th, p. 418
- Mason Jas H studt4177 West 14th, p. 418
- Mason Mary hairdrsr Maison Henri4177 West 14th, p. 418
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Masons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Mason name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under M. Want a name removed? Tell us.